Beachside early voting site at Canova Park moved due to red tide

Dead fish littered the beach in the area near a planned early voting site that Brevard County Supervisor of Elections Lori Scott decided to relocate.(Photo: COURTESY OF BREVARD COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OFFICE)

A beachside early-voting site has been moved due to a red tide outbreak along sections of the Space Coast.

Brevard County Supervisor of Elections Lori Scott said there will be no early voting at the Irene H. Canova Park Clubhouse in Indian Harbour Beach. Instead, there will be early voting at the Satellite Beach Public Library, 751 Jamaica Blvd.

Scott said workers setting up the Canova Park Clubhouse voting site were feeling the effects of the red tide, and she felt it would be better to move the site for the comfort of the polling site staff and voters coming there.

"I cannot thank the library staff enough for working with me to ensure the health and safety of Brevard’s early voters, my staff and my poll workers," Scott said.

Early voting at nine sites around the county runs from Saturday, Oct. 27, through Saturday, Nov. 3. The polls are open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends.